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Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, on his family's farm in Cordova, Maryland, on October 10, 2025. Soybean prices "are really depressed because of the trade war," Hutchison told AFP. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Farmers bear the costs of Trump policies

Kee Hyun Park, Shannon P. Carcelli - The Conversation

Big pro-Trump bloc hit hard by tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Crockett roasts MTG over retirement

Alex Galbraith

The Texas congresswoman clowned Greene for being unable to "take the heat"

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 04: New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrates as he takes the stage at his election night watch party at the Brooklyn Paramount on November 4, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Mamdani defeated Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa in the closely watched election for New York City mayor. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mamdani: White House visit was no stunt

Alex Galbraith

The mayor said he's committed to working with Trump while still believing the president is a fascist

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas as Agnes Borg Pettersen and Elle Fanning as Rachel Kemp in "Sentimental Value" (Kasper Tuxen Andersen/Neon)

"Sentimental Value" speaks without words

Coleman Spilde

Joachim Trier's tender film explores the shame in being unable to communicate with those we're supposed to love

Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin (D - MI) delivers a speech on a "new vision" for America's national security at the Council of Foreign Relations on September 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Slotkin: Trump threats are a distraction

Alex Galbraith

The senator said Trump's bluster is meant to draw eyes away from the Epstein files

Mashed potatoes and gravy (Ryan Benyi Photography / Getty Images )

Why we call the good stuff "gravy"

Ashlie D. Stevens

How a simple sauce became a linguistic stand-in for luck, ease — and the moments that make us say, “It’s all gravy"

Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

MAGA is starting to see the real Trump

Heather Digby Parton

Once viewed by MAGA voters as a regular guy, Trump is now seen as part of the elite they despise

President Donald Trump meets with New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office on Nov. 21, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump can't resist handsome men in suits

Jason Kyle Howard

Zohran Mamdani is just the latest babe to win POTUS’ affections

Thanksgiving holiday pie (Getty images/kajakiki)

MAGA's war on poor hurts everyone

Kirk Swearingen

The government shutdown may be over, but we can't forget which party wants to punish working people

Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during the press conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 18, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Jeffrey Epstein is not unique

Kate Price - The Conversation

Child sex trafficking perpetrators are primarily white men, with wealth and power

New York's mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (L) and President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office to find common ground after a contentious political race, including Trump saying it's fine for Mamdani to call him a "fascist." (Demetrius Freeman / Getty Images)

Trump: Mamdani can call him a "fascist"

CK Smith

Oval Office encounter between Trump and Mamdani sparks discussion about rivals, politics and labels

Somali-Americans and refugees in Minnesota are concerned about possible ramifications of Trump's latest social media proclamation. State officials like US Rep. Ilhan Omar (L) and State Sen. Omar Fateh are both of Somali heritage and pledged to support the large Somali population in their districts. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)

Trump: End Somalian refugee status in MN

CK Smith

Trump might end Somali refugee status in MN, drawing condemnation from MN Rep. Ilhan Omar and local leaders

Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

The creepy logic of a post-money society

CK Smith

Utopians say technology will end scarcity, questions remain on accessing things machines can't create from thin air

Collection of matchboxes, some as old as 50 years (	larigan - Patricia Hamilton / Getty Images )

Restaurant matchbooks strike again

Katie Lockhart

Once a fixture on the host stand, restaurant matchbooks are returning as collectible keepsakes and design objects

Marjorie Taylor Greene chose her beliefs over party politics in a bold move against President Trump, resigning and calling out the GOP for not sticking to its own values of "America First" politics. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

MTG quits Trump, MAGA and Congress

CK Smith

Greene’s resignation, accusing MAGA of betraying “America First” priorities, marks a turning point in GOP politics

(Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Many are leaving MAGA, and it's not easy

Rich Logis

MAGA is a community united by fear and despair. If your loved one is ready to change, understand that

resident Donald Trump takes questions from the press in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wants to tell CNN who to hire

Sophia Tesfaye

The Trump administration's effort to control mainstream media is expanding and accelerating

Panic over skyrocketing health costs

Nicole Karlis

With ACA subsidies set to expire next month, medical costs could get even worse

President Donald Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott participate in a round table event on July 11, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Abbott's comments backfired in court

Eleanor Klibanoff - The Texas Tribune

Judge Jeffrey Brown pointed to comments from the governor and GOP legislators as the basis for his ruling

The Beatles (APPLE CORPS LTD)

A fresh look at The Beatles’ rise

Kenneth Womack

The Beatles’ "Anthology" series offers uncovered outtakes and orchestral gems showcasing legends in the making

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 21: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter sits docked at Coast Guard Island Alameda on November 21, 2025 in Alameda, California. In response to mounting public and congressional backlash, the U.S. Coast Guard reversed a proposed policy that would have called swastikas and nooses “potentially divisive,” reinstating a strict prohibition on those symbols as “divisive or hate symbols” under its updated guidance. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Coast Guard: Swastikas are bad, actually

Garrett Owen

The Coast Guard said the symbols will remain prohibited as "extremist imagery"

ANSON, TEXAS - MAY 12: In an aerial view, inmates are seen in the courtyard at the Bluebonnet Detention Center on May 12, 2025 in Anson, Texas. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has begun transferring illegal immigrant detainees to the Bluebonnet Detention Center after U.S. District Judge Wesley Hendrix readily offered the facility to the Trump administration under the Alien Enemies Act. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Judge orders removal of Dallas leader

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Counsel for Marwan Marouf said that in removing the community leader the U.S. "has lost a piece of its own promise"

Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in "Wicked: For Good" (Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures)

"Wicked: For Good" sinks under its greed

Coleman Spilde

The continuation of last year's inevitable smash aims for nothing but cash. It's franchise filmmaking's rock bottom

ANKARA, TURKIYE - NOVEMBER 7: In this photo illustration, Elon Musk's photo is displayed in front of Grok logo on a phone screen, in Ankara, Turkiye on November 7, 2023. (Photo by Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Grok gets "absurdly positive" over Musk

Garrett Owen

Musk blamed the incident on "adversarial prompting" of the AI chatbot

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